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I was like 99% sure I knew a NeilFever when I saw who's video it was Ha, anyway honestly, awesome video, brought back a lot of memories

Ah, we'll see I may extend to 2 weeks :PAnd as usual, any questions, feel free to ask.

I must say, last nights was the first "good" episode of this series and even then it wasn't up to the amazing standard I'm used to when watching Doctor Who, in my opinion anyway, been extremely dissapointed so far with this series.

^^ I love the idea of that re-theme :)All this talk has basically forced me to start another of those blasted Challenges, put your ideas of re-themes there Really do think Bubbleworks has so much potential.

There has been a lot of talk about Bubbleworks and what you'd like done with it, seemed like the perfect topic to start a challenge on, here is the place to put your ideas :)Good Luck everyone Can't wait to see your ideas!

The only one I can definitely say is still played from the old ride is the "Hawaiian" music.But yes, I usually find the music on Bubbleworks to be a bit of a shambles, so if it has had a little work, that'd be fantastic news.

Ah right thanks , A lot quieter than last week on an inset day

Thanks for the report :angry:What were queue's like?

Definitely agree about staff seeming slow at the moment. E.g. last week with a 70 min queue continuous stacking on 2 trains.

Really in hope of a major refurbishment, we haven't really seen a Merlin Dark ride yet and going by the theming we've seen elsewhere, I'd expect it to be fantastic :angry:I have been looking through some POV's on Youtube of the old ride and it really does make me sad, the more you ride the newer version, you forget what it used to be like and just how much better it was. The amount of humorous and genuinely funny scenes such as the "Squash Courts", every detail was thought of and everything was better than the current version, even the music was far superior! Also a lot more "moved" rather than the more static scenes we have today.For anyone wanting to re-live the old ride I highly reccomend watching this slide show. Loads of brilliant pictures of the old ride. And I have also made my mind up that the current ride system should be used again

Coke :angry:Thorpe style map or Chessington style map ?

It's usually VERY busy on Bank Holidays...

Was that the one where they were in like a greenhouse or something at one stage? If so that is the image I get in my head the second anyone says Doctor Who, mainly because it was just a great episode (probably my favourite) but also because it was actually terrifying , still yet to watch last nights episode.

Whilst I did ride the old Bubbleworks, I only experienced it a couple of times, and therefore obviously don't feel as strongly against the current Bubbleworks. I class it as an OK ride, but like you say, without doubt inferior to the original, which was hilarious from start to finish, and even if you compare the posters in the queueline or even the outside of the ride building you can see the cheap look and feel of the current incarnation.

^ To be honest it was explained that there isn't "really" a story in that podcast, however then there'd be no need for the scaffolding... It is a little confusing.

^ Agreed, even if there was one of those signs that usual scaffolding has which states the company. "Towers Scaffolding- For all your restoration needs" Something along those lines Nothing big or costly.

I really like the idea of that, honestly sounds great, but like you say, it'd be a good opportunity to make it fit into Transylvania, but do Monster's really fit in? Unless of course the whole area was re-themed which may be an option.I have always like the idea of an Alpine Village kind of re-theme with Vampire being a sort of Ski Lift gone wrong, Not sure how Bubble could be re-themed to fit in though, but yeah I do agree actually about Bubble's ride system being good in that everyone can ride.

Similar to everyone, found it extremely interesting and can't wait till part 2

Regarding the staff in uniforms, members of staff on Rattlesnake, while not in costumes as such, were wearing those big Mexican fiesta hats ^ Regarding Bubbleworks, I feel the ride would still be as popular as it is today had it stayed as Professor Burps. The ride just had that quality and humour that I personally feel would have stayed with it, even in the relatively poor state it was in during it's last year. It's a tough one for me on what I'd like done with it. If by keeping the current system in meant we could have an unbelievably well themed Dark ride without any gimmicks I'd choose that, but, to be honest if we were going to get a new transit system for the dark ride I'd prefer a new ride altogether somewhere else and for Bubbleworks to be kept as well. Unless of course the new transit system was going to be the same as Spiderman's at Universal's Islands of Adventure I am most likely to be happy as long as "Something" is done.

It definitely wasn't obvious on Monday, although I wasn't really listening out for it, any change would be minimal. Unless of course it has happened since Monday.

Do you by any chance also have WWTP ?

It seems us Theme Park geeks are one of the few groups of nice people left in the world

On Monday, workers on Bubbleworks were actually wearing a coat and hard hat like factory workers would, found it quite a nice little touch

Ok well apart from a few , I was talking about the majority.... But gosh, they've surprised me lol, It must just be me where everything "seems" slower, to me in the past anyway.Sorry for my stupidity.

I personally would prefer the park and zoo to become a bit more combined, and integrated. Busch Gardens style...